News: Teacher stories
Teachers all over the state and beyond are using Feed the World lessons with their students! See how other teachers are implementing this curriculum in their classrooms, learn about emerging agricultural topics and resources, and get the latest updates on our workshops and satellite activities.
Learning opps for students AND teacher
The Feed the World 2-day summer workshop gave new information to teacher Mia Bell—AND it provided new learning for her 9th grade biology students at Westerville North High School! Bell took her class through the Farming for the future lesson, part of the Feeding the World unit on our website . “The lesson went great!” Bell said. “Working in a city …
Grant supplies allow sugar scrutiny
Another grant supply winner! Triway High School instructor Jennifer Farrar received a distillation kit from Ohio Corn & Wheat. Some of her college credit chemistry and biology students used the kit for concentration and solution separation. This was part of their efforts to measure the amount of sugar in regular Coke and Coke Zero. The …
Chemistry class does distillation
Brian Ackert teaches at Danville High School. He has attended several Feed the World workshops. Ackert applied for the Ohio Corn and Wheat-sponsored supply grant and received a distillation set up. His chemistry class used the equipment for the Feed the World energy and ethanol lessons . “The students really enjoyed making the alcohol from corn. …
The flame test always gets ‘em!
Jon Wing, a science teacher at Marysville Early College High School, received a distillation kit through the Ohio Corn & Wheat sponsored grant program. Wing used the kit to share lessons from Feed the World’s Energy and ethanol unit with his 11th and 12th grade Environmental Science students. In the unit, students are invited to explore the …
Classroom support, year after year
Jeffrey Baker teaches at Alpha School, and recently received distillation supplies in a grant from Feed the World and Ohio Corn & Wheat. The grant is designed to help teachers implement the engaging Feed the World curriculum in their classrooms. Baker shares about how he used the supplies: When this shipment arrived all I saw at first was the …
Corn power!
Champion High School STEM students researched corn as a sustainable fuel to power vehicles. They made renewable diesel , then fermented corn mash to make ethanol , and powered steam boats with their fuel. A grant from Ohio Corn & Wheat and Feed the World provided all the materials to aid students in their research. Students used a laboratory …
OREP teachers learning together
Twenty teachers from rural Ohio districts dug deep into agriculture-related learning recently, thanks to support from a grant from USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and support from Educationprojects.org and Battelle. The cohort spent a day at the Waterman Farm Agricultural and Natural Resources Lab on the OSU campus, then …
Fueling small engines
Bryan Etzler, Agricultural Educator and FFA Advisor at Tinora High School, also received supplies from the Ohio Corn & Wheat Feed the World grant. He used them in his Ag Mechanics Class with engines and alternative fuels, to make ethanol . “The students liked the labs, especially the ethanol one, because they were making “moonshine” even …